SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shippers urged striking truckers Tuesday to end their protest and resume negotiations over the disputed freight rate system, stressing that smaller export and import traders could take the brunt of the prolonged cargo disruptions. An industry group representing some 70,000 shippers made the emphatic call as thousands [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The government has vowed to consider institutional and cultural measures to allow COVID-19 patients to go on leave, even after quarantine requirements are lifted. “Once quarantine requirements are lifted, we’ll have to consider replacing them with other institutional and cultural measures that allow the patient to get rest,” health [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Police plan to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-based voice recognition systems when investigating cases of sexual violence. The National Police Agency said Monday it will introduce an AI-based voice recognition system at 38 police stations in second-tier regions, Women and Youth Divisions at city and municipal-level police [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent poll showed that men and female have different perceptions about the seriousness of the low birthrate in South Korea. Gallup Korea conducted a nationwide survey of 1,002 people between 19 and 29 years of age, among which 66 percent believed the low birthrate was a ‘very serious [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The government unveiled a set of deregulation measures for high-tech education, subsidies for electric cars and healthcare on Monday in line with President Yoon Suk-yeol’s pledge to help the private sector lead economic growth. The measures will ease 33 restrictions on university education in high-tech sectors, state subsidies on [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy has flared up over the global photo- and video-sharing platform Instagram’s arbitrary deletion of accounts whose users have the same names as celebrities such as members of K-pop girl groups. Recently in an online community, a woman uploaded a post outlining her experience with Instagram’s arbitrary deletion of [...]
INCHEON, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean coast guard said Sunday that it has seized a Chinese speedboat for suspected illegal fishing in South Korean waters in the Yellow Sea. The five-ton boat carrying two Chinese fishermen is suspected of trying to fish in waters about 35 kilometers west of South Korea’s western [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Navy has decided to name its first 8,200-ton Aegis destroyer after King Jeongjo the Great, a Navy official said Sunday. The Navy held a meeting of a committee naming vessels and chose King Jeongjo the Great for the KDX-III Batch-II Aegis destroyer on April 29, according [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday expressed full support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country’s state media reported, despite international condemnation for his invasion of Ukraine. The Russian people have “achieved great successes in accomplishing the just cause of defending the dignity and security of their country [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Just a month since disclosing a coronavirus outbreak, North Korea claims new infections are markedly slowing down, but the outside world raises a question about the credibility of a puzzling number of “fever” cases announced on a daily basis. Others question how the country’s antivirus fight will affect the [...]